After a long week, and with a lot of help from my youngest, I managed to wash and wax every piece of my loom puzzle. I used Murphy’s oil soap diluted in water to do the washing, and boy, did it need it! The water was so brown I had to change it after only half the loom was washed.
After I got it all nice and clean I used SC Johnson Finishing Wax to moisturize and protect the wood. It’s amazing the difference the wash and wax make.
We made a not-so-quick trip to to a couple of hardware stores for some parts and then worked on putting the pieces back together. It’s finally looking like a loom!
There is still quite a bit to be done, but seeing it mostly reassembled is encouraging. Next time we will attempt to put together the treadles and repair the bench. Hopefully those go as smoothly as the assembly today.